Type-writer keyboard-cover.



A. E. ELLIOTT.

TYPE WRITER KEYBOARD COVER.

APYLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1012,

Patented June 24, 1913.

51mm, W63. 8%

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

UKLBERT E. ELLIOTT, OF CINCINNATLOHIO.

TYPE-WRITER KEYBOARD-COVER.

Y '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Cincinnati; in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writer l\'e:\j'board-Coi-ers, of which the" following is a specification. I

My invention .relates to typewriter keyboard covers.

One of. its objects is to provide; a key.-

board cover to prevent the operator from seeingfthe keyboard, without interfering with the 'bperation of the typewriter.

Another object is to provide a'keyboard cover quickly and readily adjustable to position. and capable of use on any ty ewriter.

Another object is to provide a eyboard cover which tends to cause the operator to sit in proper relation to the'inachine, and which will become detached from the operator automatically when the operator moves or leans too far away from the typewriter.

My invention further comprises certain details of form, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be fully setfo-rth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a typewriter, desk, and operator showing my improved keyboard cover in position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the keyboard cover detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a keyboard cover illustrating a modification. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of a keyboard cover illustrating another i'nodification.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of my invention.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a typewriter, which may be'of any of the usual types having a keyboard B. The keyboard cover comprises-a web of cloth or similar material D which is flexible, soft and of sufficient strength, said cloth being preferably of dark color to render it opaque, and to relieve the eyes of the operator from unnecessary strain, and ,of sufficient width to cover the keyboard. At the typewriter end the web D is provided with means to attach it to the typewriter,

preferably consisting of tapes 2 and-"grin mcnt clasps 3 by means of which the corners of the web may be readily secured to or detached from the frame of the ty iewriter above the keyboard and preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1912.

Serial No. 710,682. I

below the typewriter carriage. At the op-' posite end of the web D, I provide a yokeshaped member .E of flexibleanetal wire or rod, the free ends t and 5 of which preferably slightly overlapeachother, and are capable of being sprung apart to adjust the yoke about the neck of the operator as in dicated in Fig. 1. The yoke E and web D are secured together by lapping the end of the web D around the middle portion of the member E and stitching the free or lapped end to the web D.

When the keyboard cove is in position as shown in Fig. 1, it covets the keyboard and prevents the operator from seeing the keyboard, and causes the operator to rely Patented June 24, 1913.

upon other faculties than sight to strike the v right keys, and without otherwise interfen.

ing with the operation of the typewriter. The cover is readily and quickly attached, to any typewriter without requiringscrews;

brackets or other similar means of attach ment, and without liability of injuring or readily and quickly attached about the neck of the operator, and may be automatically detached by the operator leaning back wardly, when the free ends of the yoke spread apart to release the operator. This arrangement revents the operator from seeing the keyboard by leaning back'wardly, and tends to keep the operator, or cause the operator, to sit in proper relation to the typewriter, and where employed in schools by a number of operators, the instructor can readily detect at a glance'any displacement of the covers. The use of the cover results in the operator quickly becoming able to strike the desired keys without looking at the keyboard, and to thus operate the typewriter without looking away from the note book.

As illustrated in Fig. 3 a forked member H is employed in place of the yoke member E of Fig. 2, the free ends of the member H being bent to fit over and rest upon the" which enables the tape K to be readily passed around the neck of the operator and secured to the opposite corner of the Web I). The device herein illustrated and de scribed is capable of considerable modificat-ioruwithout departing from the principle of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A keyboard cover comprising a cover member supported substantially in a horizontal plane above the keyboard, means at one end of said cover member to attach it in position relative to the,keyboard, and

means at the opposite end to attach said cover member to the operator.

2. A keyboard cover comprisinga flexible cover member to extend from the typewriter to the operator above the keyboard,

.- means at one end of said cover member to hold said cover member in position above the keyboard, and means at the opposite end of said cover member to attach said member to the operator.

3. A keyboard cover comprising a flexible cover member supported substantially in a horizontal plane above the keyboard, means at one end of said cover member to detachably attach said cover member to a typewriter above the keyboard, and means to detachably connect the opposite end of said cover member to the operator.

4. A keyboard cover comprising a flexible cover member to extend from the typewriter to the operator above the keyboard,

means at one end of said cover member to writer to the operator above the keyboard,

means at one end of said cover member to detachably support said cover member 'above the keyboard, and av flexible .yokc to Copies 01- this patent may be obtained for -five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D; C1 

